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The Critics' Choice Television Awards were accolades that were presented annually by the
Critics Choice Association The Critics Choice Association (CCA), formerly the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is an association of television, radio and online critics. Their membership includes critics who review film and television. Founded in 1995, it is the l ...
(CCA). They were established in 2011, and the first ceremony was held on June 20, 2011, and streamed live on VH1.com. The fourth ceremony was televised live, for the first time in award history, on June 19, 2014, on
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. In October 2014, the A&E Network was granted exclusive rights to broadcast the television and film awards in 2015 and 2016. The final ceremony was in 2015, after which it was combined with the film awards and once again became the Critics' Choice Awards.


History

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) was founded in 2011 as an offshoot of the
Broadcast Film Critics Association The Critics Choice Association (CCA), formerly the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is an association of television, radio and online critics. Their membership includes critics who review film and television. Founded in 1995, it is the l ...
. The Awards were produced by executive producer Bob Bain. According to the acting president of the BTJA, Joey Berlin, the Critics' Choice Television Awards were launched "to enhance access for broadcast journalists covering the television industry. Just as the Critics' Choice Movie Awards has been established as an important part of the annual movie awards season, we are confident that the Critics' Choice Television Awards will play a similar role for the television industry."


Categories


Criticism

Following the announcement of the partnership with ''
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'' prior to the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards in November 2016, several high profile members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association left the organization, including Michael Ausiello of '' TVLine'', Maureen Ryan of '' Variety'', Ken Tucker of Yahoo! TV, and Michael Schneider of IndieWire. In an article Schneider published shortly after his resignation titled, he wrote: "The idea that Entertainment Weekly would be the preferred media outlet for an awards show decided by journalists from many outlets is unusual. (It would be like CNN being named the official partner of the Presidential Debates, even though they're moderated and covered by representatives from multiple news organizations.)" Following the mass exodus of television critics, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association lost 15%–30% of its membership. This caused the majority of the membership to be made up of internet journalists instead of television critics. During the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards the fact that several critically acclaimed shows were snubbed such as ''
The Americans ''The Americans'' is an American historical drama, period spy fiction, spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg for FX (TV channel), FX. It aired for six seasons from 2013 to 2018. Weisberg and Joel Fields also served as showrunners ...
'', '' Rectify'', '' The Night Of'' and '' You're the Worst'' in favor of shows with very little to no critical support such as '' Modern Family'', ''
The Big Bang Theory ''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS. It aired from September 24, 2007, to May 16, 2019, running for 12 seasons and 279 episodes. The show originally centered on five charact ...
'', and '' House of Cards'' was credited, and widely criticized, due to this change.


Award ceremonies

* 2010/11 * 2011/12 * 2012/13 * 2013/14 * 2014/15


Superlatives


Multiple winners

;5 awards * Jean Smart ;3 awards * Allison Janney * Bob Odenkirk * Sarah Paulson ;2 awards * Uzo Aduba * Tom Bergeron * Alex Borstein * Rachel Brosnahan * Mayim Bialik * Andre Braugher * Sterling K. Brown * Louis C.K. * Jennifer Coolidge * Bryan Cranston *
Kieran Culkin Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. Known for portraying distasteful yet sympathetic characters across stage and screen, List of awards and nominations received by Kieran Culkin, his accolades include an Academy A ...
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus * Giancarlo Esposito * Bill Hader * Christina Hendricks * Regina King * Margo Martindale * Tatiana Maslany * Thandiwe Newton * Jim Parsons * Sarah Snook * Jason Sudeikis * Jeffrey Tambor * Hannah Waddingham * Henry Winkler


Multiple nominees

;10 nominations * Christine Baranski ;8 nominations * Walton Goggins ;7 nominations * Keri Russell ;6 nominations * Allison Janney * Sterling K. Brown * Regina King * Jessica Lange * Elisabeth Moss * Bob Odenkirk * Matthew Rhys * Jean Smart ;5 nominations * Tom Bergeron * Ellen Burstyn * Cat Deeley * Julia Garner * Freddie Highmore * Bill Hader * Julianna Margulies * Timothy Olyphant * Jim Parsons * Eden Sher ;4 nominations * Anthony Anderson * Mayim Bialik * Andre Braugher * Louis C.K. * Carrie Coon * Bryan Cranston * Kaley Cuoco * Claire Danes * Julia Louis-Dreyfus * Betty Gilpin * Margo Martindale * Tatiana Maslany * Sarah Paulson * Amy Poehler * RuPaul * Henry Winkler ;3 nominations * Uzo Aduba * Gillian Anderson * Aziz Ansari * Christina Applegate * Alison Brie * Jonathan Banks * Alex Borstein * Rachel Brosnahan * Emilia Clarke * Olivia Colman *
Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Benedict Cumberbatch, various accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurenc ...
* Viola Davis * Kaitlyn Dever * Peter Dinklage * Vera Farmiga * Anna Gunn * Melanie Lynskey * Matthew Macfadyen * Thomas Middleditch * Audra McDonald * Nick Offerman * Martha Plimpton * Carrie Preston * Danny Pudi * Issa Rae * RuPaul * Julia Roberts * Rhea Seehorn * Sarah Snook * John Slattery * Jeremy Strong * Jeremy Allen White * Robin Wright * Constance Wu ;2 nominations * Ted Allen * Caitriona Balfe *
Kathy Bates Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress. Kathy Bates filmography, Her work spans over five decades, and List of awards and nominations received by Kathy Bates, her accolades include an Academy Awards, Academy Award, t ...
* Julie Bowen * Tituss Burgess * Ty Burrell * Jaime Camil * Bobby Cannavale * Helena Bonham-Carter *
Don Cheadle Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (, ; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Don Cheadle, multiple accolades including two Golden Globe Award ...
* Jodie Comer * Jennifer Coolidge *
Kieran Culkin Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. Known for portraying distasteful yet sympathetic characters across stage and screen, List of awards and nominations received by Kieran Culkin, his accolades include an Academy A ...
* Hugh Dancy * Zooey Deschanel * Ann Dowd * Lena Dunham * Kirsten Dunst * Christopher Eccleston * Idris Elba * Giancarlo Esposito * Will Forte * Sutton Foster *
Claire Foy Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix drama series ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'' (2016–2023), for which List of awards and nominations r ...
* Martin Freeman * Eva Green * Max Greenfield * Tony Hale * Jon Hamm * Christina Hendricks * Taraji P. Henson * Tom Hiddleston *
Charlie Hunnam Charles Matthew Hunnam (; born 10 April 1980) is an English actor. He portrayed Jax Teller in the FX (TV channel), FX drama series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014), for which he was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for ...
* Jane Krakowski * Dan Levy * Eugene Levy * Damian Lewis * Jenifer Lewis * Judith Light * Laura Linney * Rami Malek * Kelly Macdonald * Matthew Macfadyen *
Joel McHale Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for hosting ''The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger, Jeffrey "Jeff" Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community (TV seri ...
* Wendi McLendon-Covey * Janet McTeer * Annie Murphy * Thandiwe Newton *
John Noble John Noble (born 20 August 1948) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Denethor in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy (2001–2003), and Dr. Walter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series '' Fringe'' (2008–2013). ...
* Sandra Oh * Catherine O'Hara * Ed O'Neill * Randall Park * Aaron Paul * Evan Peters * Diana Rigg * Gina Rodriguez * Emmy Rossum * Katey Sagal * Amy Schumer * Adam Scott * Ryan Seacrest * Maggie Siff * Jason Sudeikis * Jeffrey Tambor * Cicely Tyson * Hannah Waddingham * Dominic West * Casey Wilson * Patrick Wilson * Aden Young *
Constance Zimmer Constance Zimmer (born October 11, 1970) is an American actress. She rose to prominence playing Dana Gordon on the HBO series ''Entourage (American TV series), Entourage'' (2005–11) and List of Boston Legal characters#Claire Simms, Claire Sim ...


See also

*
List of American television awards This is an index to articles about notable awards that are or were given by several organizations for contributions in various fields of television in the United States. The most notable are the Emmy Awards, considered as one of the EGOT, four ma ...


References


External links

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